Development of amphotericin B liposomes bearing antibody specific to Candida albicans.

abstract：:This report represents the results of the culture tests for fungi carried out in the Aosta Valley region of Italy from 1984 to 1989. The pathological material consisted of cutaneous scales, hair and nails. It was possible to identify 91.8% of the isolates: out of these, 36.1% were dermatophytes, 21% were Aspergillus s...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Dal Tio R,Lunardi M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different kits for the detection of serum cryptococcal antigen in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis were evaluated. The Eiken test (the Eiken Co., Tokyo), which uses pronase for pretreatment of serum, was compared with the Crypto-LA test (International Biological Laboratories, Cranbury, NJ), which did not use...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kohno S,Yasuoka A,Koga H,Kaku M,Maesaki S,Tanaka K,Mitsutake K,Matsuda H,Hara K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activity of amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, nystatin, clotrimazole and miconazole were compared in vitro against 244 strains of yeasts that had been isolated from clinical specimens. The yeasts used in this study included 20 species of Candida, Cryptococcus, Saccharomyces Geotrichum, Rhodotorula, T...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Hussain Qadri SM,Flournoy DJ,Qadri SG,Ramirez EG

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mycotic keratitis case which was caused by Curvularia lunata var. aeria in a patient with an injury in the eye is described. The diagnosis was based on the mycologic analysis of several samples taken from the ulcer of cornea. In vitro tests of the sensitivity of the isolated species to several antifungal drugs were ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Luque AG,Nanni R,de Bracalenti BJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity and activity of an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the Entomophthora muscae species complex and infecting Musca domestica in poultry houses from La Plata, Argentina, is reported. Entomophthora caused natural infections between September 2001 and September 2003. Primary conidia of this fungus were on ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lastra CC,Siri A,García JJ,Eilenberg J,Humber RA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of four mycotoxins, T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol (DON), ochratoxin A (OTA) and fumonisin B1 (FB1) on the response of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) in vitro to the mitogens concanavalin A (Con A), phytohaemagglutinin A (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) were assayed after 4 days' incubation usi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Charoenpornsook K,Fitzpatrick JL,Smith JE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of temperature, pH, water potential and sources of nitrogen and carbon on the biocontrol agent Penicillium oxalicum were studied in vitro. The fungus is xerotolerant, mesophillic and has a wide pH tolerance. The parameters evaluated (germination, germ tube length, growth rate and sporulation) showed differe...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascual S,Rico JR,De Cal A,Melgarejo P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is a membrane glycoprotein that acts as a receptor for the C3b, iC3b and C4b fragments of complement. In primates, one function of erythrocytes is to promote safe clearance of immunocomplexes (IC) from the circulation through CR1. Theoretically, in diseases characterized by high levels...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Teixeira JE,Martinez R,Câmara LM,Barbosa JE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prominence of seafood in Japan motivates close monitoring of its seas and marine lives for potentially pathogenic fungi. During the treatments of the male Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) for paracoccidioidomycosis ceti (PCM-C), 5 white and floccose colonies showing identical genotype and m...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kanegae H,Tomino N,Nakamura Y,Minakawa T,Yaguchi T,Izawa T,Sano A,Itano EN,Ueda K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report discusses a patient with sickle cell disease who presented with fungemia from Pichia anomala (teleomorph: Candida pelliculosa). The organism was identified as P. anomala by MALDI-TOF VITEK mass spectrometry and VITEK 2 yeast identification card. Pichia anomala should be considered in sickle cell patie...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Chan AW,Cartwright EJ,Reddy SC,Kraft CS,Wang YF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the fatty acids linolenic acid, linoleic acid, erucic acid and oleic acid on the growth of the plant pathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum, Pyrenophora avenae and Crinipellis perniciosa were examined in in vitro studies. Linolenic and linoleic acids exhibited activity against all of the fu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Walters D,Raynor L,Mitchell A,Walker R,Walker K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodotorula species are increasingly being identified as a cause of fungal infection in the central nervous system, especially in patients with compromised immunity. The diagnosis could easily be missed due to low index of suspicion, as cryptococcus meningitis and cerebral toxoplasmosis are more common amongst immunoc...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mohd Nor F,Tan LH,Na SL,Ng KP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is an implantation mycosis mainly occurring in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. If not diagnosed at early stages, patients with CBM require long-term therapy with systemic antifungals flanked by various physical treatment regimens. As in other neglected endemic mycoses, comparative c...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Queiroz-Telles F,Santos DW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial action of Origanum vulgare, Origanum majorana, Mentha piperita and Rosmarinus officinalis on Pythium insidiosum oomycete zoospores. The antimicrobial activity evaluation was performed by the broth microdilution method according to CSLI M38-A2 documentation...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Fonseca AO,Pereira DI,Jacob RG,Maia Filho FS,Oliveira DH,Maroneze BP,Valente JS,Osório LG,Botton SA,Meireles MC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcosis by Cryptococcus gattii occurs mainly in immunocompetent hosts, however, during the last decades, a growing number of cases in immunocompromised individuals have been noticed around the world. This report presents epidemiological, clinical and outcome aspects of patients with cryptococcosis caused by thi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Damasceno-Escoura AH,de Souza ML,de Oliveira Nunes F,Pardi TC,Gazotto FC,Florentino DH,Mora DJ,Silva-Vergara ML

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumonisin B1 (FB1), a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium moniliforme and F. proliferatum, induces liver damage and pulmonary edema in swine. We examined the temporal and dose-response features of FB1 toxicosis in male weanling crossbred pigs fed nutritionally balanced diets, containing corn screenings naturally contaminat...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Motelin GK,Haschek WM,Ness DK,Hall WF,Harlin KS,Schaeffer DJ,Beasley VR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to select virulent strains of microfungi against Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a symbiotic fungus cultivated by leaf-cutting ants. The results from in vitro assays showed that microfungal strains had a variable and significant impact on the colony development of L. gongylophorus. Specifically,...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silva A,Rodrigues A,Bacci M Jr,Pagnocca FC,Bueno OC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxigenic saprophytic fungi were isolated from samples of shellfish, sediment and seawater obtained from marine shellfish farming areas. The 456 strains identified included 12 different genera, with a clear predominance (68%) of Penicillium, Aspergillus, Trichoderma and Cladosporium. To assess the risk of poisoning du...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Sallenave-Namont C,Pouchus YF,Robiou du Pont T,Lassus P,Verbist JF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new species of Penicillium Link ex Fries are described and illustrated. All of them but one have been isolated from the atmosphere in Madrid. Spain. They clearly differ from all species of the genus described so far and are, therefore, described and proposed as new taxa: Penicillium aurantio-flammiferum sp. nov.,...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ramírez C,Martinez AT,Berenguer J

更新日期：1980-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 450 Amazonian anurans, we isolated yeasts and yeast-like fungi from 54 animals (Bufo granulosus, B. marinus, Dendrophrynyscus sp., Hyla geographica, H. lanciformes, Ololygon rubra, Adenomera hylaedactyla, Eleutherodactylus fenestratus, Leptodactylus fuscus, L. ocellatus, L. pentadactylus). The internal o...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Mok WY,Morato de Carvalho C

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation of sterigmatocystin and O-methylsterigmatocystin (two metabolic aflatoxin precursors) to aflatoxins by aflatoxigenic and nonaflatoxigenic field isolates of Aspergillus flavus was studied. The 24 nonaflatoxigenic isolates investigated failed to transform both precursors. Among the 8 aflatoxin-producing i...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pro MJ,Moreno MA,Suárez G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hendersonula toruloidea (HT) is a dematiaceous fungus that is an endemic human pathogen in tropical and subtropical countries. Infection with this fungus is often clinically indistinguishable from Trichophyton rubrum or other dermatophytoses. However, because HT will not grow on standard cycloheximide containing funga...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Frankel DH,Rippon JW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A relationship has been proposed between increases in oral Candida concentrations and host immunity. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between oral Candida mannan concentrations and symptoms/signs of ill health and the immune status and also to examine whether health/...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Hakoyama Y,Yamada SI,Nishimaki F,Hayashi K,Koizumi T,Kurita H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of molecular tools has led to the description of new cryptic species among different Aspergillus species complexes. Their frequency in the clinical setting has been reported to be between 10 and 15%. The susceptibility to azoles and amphotericin B of many of these species is low, and some of them, such as Aspe...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Alastruey-Izquierdo A,Alcazar-Fuoli L,Cuenca-Estrella M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports the histopathological findings of 86 skin lesions of dogs with sporotrichosis from Rio de Janeiro. Suppurative granulomatous inflammation was the predominant finding and was observed in 76 (88.37%) cases. Plasma cells surrounding the suppurative granulomas were detected in 68 (89.5%) cases an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： de Miranda LH,Quintella LP,dos Santos IB,Menezes RC,Figueiredo FB,Gremião ID,Okamoto T,de Oliveira RV,Pereira SA,Tortelly R,Schubach TM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a patient with a T-lymphoblastic lymphoma whose disseminated mucormycosis was diagnosed with delay, and we address the diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making process and review the diagnostic workup of patients with potential IFD. The diagnosis was delayed despite a suggestive radiological ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Zimmerli S,Bialek R,Blau IW,Christe A,Lass-Flörl C,Presterl E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common kind of nosocomial infection. Recent years have seen a significant increase in numbers of infections caused by yeasts of the genus Candida. The adherence of a microorganism to the host surface is a decisive factor in the success of colonization ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Tamura NK,Gasparetto A,Svidzinski TI

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFI) has increased in recent years, especially among immunocompromised hosts (ICH). In 2003, the Fungitell(®) assay received FDA clearance for the presumptive diagnosis of IFI using serum and detects (1-3)-β-D-glucan, which is a major cell wall component of certain fungi (e...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Theel ES,Jespersen DJ,Iqbal S,Bestrom JE,Rollins LO,Misner LJ,Markley BJ,Mandrekar J,Baddour LM,Limper AH,Wengenack NL,Binnicker MJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated phagocytosis and intracellular killing of clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus spp. by human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). Serial pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus terreus were examined with a microbiological assay. Phagocytosis for resting...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Perkhofer S,Speth C,Dierich MP,Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of Stachybotrys chartarum in indoor environments has been linked to adverse health effects as well as few cases of pulmonary haemorrhages in humans. Although the highly toxic secondary metabolites of this fungus, like satratoxin G and H, were frequently claimed with outbreaks of such diseases, these tox...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Gottschalk C,Bauer J,Meyer K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00